Anna Henderson
@annamhnz.bsky.social
Ecology, scicomm, writing, outdoors, foodie, rugby #Aotearoa
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New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
December 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
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Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia
Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia
Takahē are a threatened, nationally vulnerable bird, with an estimated population of around 500.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia
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Happy #BatMas everyone! Follow this thread ⬇️ or check out the hashtag to find out about a new bat species everyday, for 25 days! 🦇🌎🧪
#BatSky🧵
#BatSky🧵
a group of bats are sitting on top of each other on a green leaf
ALT: a group of bats are sitting on top of each other on a green leaf
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many.
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many.
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...
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For more info, check out this awesome diagram from Pauli et al. (2014), as publicized by PBS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For more info, check out this awesome diagram from Pauli et al. (2014), as publicized by PBS.
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A crazy story from @foxmeyer.bsky.social on a (postal) hostage crisis in Arthur's Pass:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/a...
A standoff at Arthur’s Pass
A neighbourly spat has drawn in dozens of unsuspecting hikers on New Zealand’s longest trail, whose resupply packages are stuck behind lock and key
newsroom.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A crazy story from @foxmeyer.bsky.social on a (postal) hostage crisis in Arthur's Pass:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/a...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/a...
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The daughter of former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen will take over from Allan Bunting and become the second woman to take charge of the national side.
‘Huge opportunity’: Whitney Hansen announced as new Black Ferns coach
The daughter of former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen will take over from Allan Bunting and become the second woman to take charge of the national side.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The daughter of former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen will take over from Allan Bunting and become the second woman to take charge of the national side.
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*waits for 'marvellous' to show up in trending*
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
*waits for 'marvellous' to show up in trending*
Yes!
I start my day with Morning Report so am bloody stoked that John Campbell is going to be back on deck at RNZ. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... Me and my lil Ryobi radio thank you RNZ.
John Campbell announced as new co-host of Morning Report
He'll join Ingrid Hipkiss on the flagship news programme next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Yes!
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Our scientists have been busy this year!
From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱
Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱
Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Glittering butterflies: Natural History Museum describes 262 new species in 2025 | Natural History Museum
Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.
www.nhm.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Our scientists have been busy this year!
From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱
Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
From dinosaurs to diatoms, they have helped to describe an amazing 262 new species from all around the world! 🪸🐠🦎🦋🪱
Read more about this year’s new species list 👇🏻
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
"Bowel cancer is the second highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, with particularly high rates in South Canterbury."...
Excellent video & article from RNZ on the state of nitrates in Canterbury's groundwater
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
What's really going on with Canterbury's water
Luis Arevalo fears his grandson will never be able to drink water straight from the tap because of the nitrate in the local water supply.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Bowel cancer is the second highest cause of cancer death in New Zealand, with particularly high rates in South Canterbury."...
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NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’
After swapping Wellington for London, Preyanka Gothanayagi was surprised to find people treated her like an actual person....
thespinoff.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’
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I'm hiring a postdoc -- come and do awesome cosmology with great people in one of the nicest cities in the world (not that I'm biased or anything) 🔭 🧪
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...
Post-doc @ Auckland
Looking for a cosmology post-doc at the University of Auckland
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I'm hiring a postdoc -- come and do awesome cosmology with great people in one of the nicest cities in the world (not that I'm biased or anything) 🔭 🧪
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...
cosmology.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2025/12/12/p...
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Cycad plants use heat's thermal and infrared characteristics to lure beetles to their cones. #GiftArticle 🧪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/plants-heat-infrared-cycads-beetles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.VeM2.vFA5w6CD2G5I&smid=bs-share
A Hot Plant’s Mysterious Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Cycad plants use heat's thermal and infrared characteristics to lure beetles to their cones. #GiftArticle 🧪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/plants-heat-infrared-cycads-beetles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.VeM2.vFA5w6CD2G5I&smid=bs-share
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Leaving academia for #SciComm was a huge step for me.
But, looking back, I'm so glad I ignored nagging impostor syndrome and took the leap.
Now, I'm so thrilled when I can help others do the same.
More than ever, we need enthusiastic, empathetic scientific and medical communicators!
(1/8) 🧪
But, looking back, I'm so glad I ignored nagging impostor syndrome and took the leap.
Now, I'm so thrilled when I can help others do the same.
More than ever, we need enthusiastic, empathetic scientific and medical communicators!
(1/8) 🧪
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Leaving academia for #SciComm was a huge step for me.
But, looking back, I'm so glad I ignored nagging impostor syndrome and took the leap.
Now, I'm so thrilled when I can help others do the same.
More than ever, we need enthusiastic, empathetic scientific and medical communicators!
(1/8) 🧪
But, looking back, I'm so glad I ignored nagging impostor syndrome and took the leap.
Now, I'm so thrilled when I can help others do the same.
More than ever, we need enthusiastic, empathetic scientific and medical communicators!
(1/8) 🧪
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The Whakatipu #takahe breeding season is off to a good start, with approx 6 nests in the Greenstone and several from the new population in the Rees. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Great pic by takahē ranger Lisa van Beek. #conservation #rails #birds
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Whakatipu #takahe breeding season is off to a good start, with approx 6 nests in the Greenstone and several from the new population in the Rees. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Great pic by takahē ranger Lisa van Beek. #conservation #rails #birds
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Happy to share my new publication in #Nature
doi.org/10.1038/s415.... Vegetation spillovers from Aus protected areas are common & widespread; also, management inside the area can affect vegetation outside the area. Spillovers don't factor much into conservation policy, but perhaps they should! 🧪🌍🌐
doi.org/10.1038/s415.... Vegetation spillovers from Aus protected areas are common & widespread; also, management inside the area can affect vegetation outside the area. Spillovers don't factor much into conservation policy, but perhaps they should! 🧪🌍🌐
Protected area management has significant spillover effects on vegetation - Nature
Analysis of effect sizes of vegetation spillovers from protected areas in Australia shows that 71% of over 3,063 analysed protected areas had a positive spillover effect, and that these effects c...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Happy to share my new publication in #Nature
doi.org/10.1038/s415.... Vegetation spillovers from Aus protected areas are common & widespread; also, management inside the area can affect vegetation outside the area. Spillovers don't factor much into conservation policy, but perhaps they should! 🧪🌍🌐
doi.org/10.1038/s415.... Vegetation spillovers from Aus protected areas are common & widespread; also, management inside the area can affect vegetation outside the area. Spillovers don't factor much into conservation policy, but perhaps they should! 🧪🌍🌐
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A paper in Nature Communications shows that there are five phases of brain rewiring across the lifespan. The eras of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, early aging, and late aging each have characteristic rewiring of structural connections across the whole brain. go.nature.com/44DLkxE 🧪
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A paper in Nature Communications shows that there are five phases of brain rewiring across the lifespan. The eras of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, early aging, and late aging each have characteristic rewiring of structural connections across the whole brain. go.nature.com/44DLkxE 🧪
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The government has passed an amendment to the fast-track regime under urgency overnight, backtracking on several of the more controversial proposals in the process.
Fast-track amendment passes under urgency, backtracks on controversial proposals
The government has passed an amendment to the fast-track regime under urgency overnight, backtracking on several of the more controversial proposals in the process.
www.teaonews.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The government has passed an amendment to the fast-track regime under urgency overnight, backtracking on several of the more controversial proposals in the process.
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'As seen at Ellerslie’: The spread of Phoenix palm sets in New Zealand
Mike Lloyd traces the influence of the Auckland racecourse on the local popularity of Phoenix palms. Open access article in the latest "International Review of Environmental History". 🔗👇
press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...
Mike Lloyd traces the influence of the Auckland racecourse on the local popularity of Phoenix palms. Open access article in the latest "International Review of Environmental History". 🔗👇
press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
'As seen at Ellerslie’: The spread of Phoenix palm sets in New Zealand
Mike Lloyd traces the influence of the Auckland racecourse on the local popularity of Phoenix palms. Open access article in the latest "International Review of Environmental History". 🔗👇
press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...
Mike Lloyd traces the influence of the Auckland racecourse on the local popularity of Phoenix palms. Open access article in the latest "International Review of Environmental History". 🔗👇
press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...
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🪶🌎🧪 WE'RE HIRING!!! Want to band fabulous birds on a far-flung island in the Western Pacific? We need to fill these 2 positions ASAP. More information here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/Ro...
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🪶🌎🧪 WE'RE HIRING!!! Want to band fabulous birds on a far-flung island in the Western Pacific? We need to fill these 2 positions ASAP. More information here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/Ro...
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There are few soil animals as adorable as the 'podgy' springtails!
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
There are few soil animals as adorable as the 'podgy' springtails!
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
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"What we need is regulation and consequences. Whenever I have reported an account or comment for hate speech or bullying, my report has made no difference. The comment remains, the account still exists, and it’s up to me to block and move on, while that person or bot continues to spread hate."
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"What we need is regulation and consequences. Whenever I have reported an account or comment for hate speech or bullying, my report has made no difference. The comment remains, the account still exists, and it’s up to me to block and move on, while that person or bot continues to spread hate."
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“This is the strongest critique of New Zealand CERD has ever issued. Unlike the 2017 review, which acknowledged progress, this report finds virtually no positive steps on Māori rights or racial equity.”
Pretty clear why the coalition have been so eager to discredit the UN.
Pretty clear why the coalition have been so eager to discredit the UN.
It's so bad, we now have an article in the international edition of The Guardian.
“unprecedented in both its length and its language”
@evacorlett.bsky.social doing some of her best work, again.
#nzpol
“unprecedented in both its length and its language”
@evacorlett.bsky.social doing some of her best work, again.
#nzpol
UN report sounds alarm over Māori rights in New Zealand
UN committee raised concerns over government policies including scrapping the Māori Health Authority and funding cuts for Indigenous services
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“This is the strongest critique of New Zealand CERD has ever issued. Unlike the 2017 review, which acknowledged progress, this report finds virtually no positive steps on Māori rights or racial equity.”
Pretty clear why the coalition have been so eager to discredit the UN.
Pretty clear why the coalition have been so eager to discredit the UN.